Dielectric Screen

From knowledge gained through design practice, Derek
Porter Studio translated scientific knowledge and performance characteristics
of light into the context of fine art for this temporary art installation
program. In contrast to the
practice of lighting design, this sculptural project gave increased opportunity
to conceptual potential and poetic gesture in the urban streetscape.

Daily and seasonal cycles of light, temperature and
weather are biological time markers in our lives. "Dielectric Screen" reveals and animates the
temporal presence of light and air movement, yielding a heightened awareness of
these subtly changing conditions.
Light is transmitted and refracted within each tower and onto the
surrounding urban landscape creating experiential environments of saturated
color, reflectance and motion. Through
scientific intervention the full spectrum of sunlight is "separated"
into opposing complementary colors, resulting in a new visual recognition of
natural force relationships that change and move with time and varying conditions.

Artist Team: Derek Porter StudioSponsor: City of Kansas City Public Arts Commission
and the Avenue of the Arts FoundationPhotographer: Derek Porter and Anne Lindberg

DetailsKansas City, MissouriAvenue for the Arts Temporary Public Art Installation